''Pseudococcus maritimus'', the grape mealybug, is a scale insect species in the genus ''
Pseudococcus
''Pseudococcus'' is a genus of unarmoured scale insects in the family Pseudococcidae, the mealy bugs. There are more than 150 species of ''Pseudococcus''.
Species
Species include:
*'' Pseudococcus aberrans''
*'' Pseudococcus acirculus''
*'' Ps ...
'' infecting grapevines. It is also a vector of
little cherry disease.
[Mekuria, T.A.; Smith, T.J.; Beers, E.; Watson, G.W.; Eastwell, K.C. (2013). "First Report of Transmission of Little cherry virus 2 to Sweet Cherry by Pseudococcus maritimus (Ehrhorn) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)". Plant Disease 97 (6): 851–851. ]
The larvae of the moth ''
Coccidiphila gerasimovi
''Coccidiphila gerasimovi'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae described by Aleksandr Sergeievich Danilevsky in 1950. It is found in the Mediterranean area, on the Canary Islands and from North Africa to the Near East. It has also been record ...
'' feed on the eggs of Coccidae species, including ''P. maritimus''.
References
Insects described in 1900
Grape pest insects
Insect vectors of plant pathogens
Hemiptera of Europe
Pseudococcidae
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